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NU School board approves high school Social Studies resources

NEW ULM — Following a presentation by Director of Curriculum and Instruction Amanda Thorson, ISD 88’s School Board approved social studies resources for grades 9-12 during Thursday’s board meeting.  ISD 88’s Social Studies Department seeks to utilize multi-perspective sources and standards-based curriculum to assist students with becoming “lifelong learners” and “community-minded citizens.” The implementation of McGraw-Hill, Cengage, Pearson, and BFW Publishers programs provide tools that will benefit both students and educators with this goal, according to school ...

NU School board candidate filing opens July 14

New Ulm - Candidacy filing dates for the upcoming school board elections were established during ISD 88’s School Board meeting on Thursday.  Three members will be elected for terms of four years during November's upcoming election. The seats of incumbents Steve Gag, Amanda Groebner, and Melissa Sunderman are open, with their four-year terms coming to an end.  The filing window to run for school board will open on Tuesday, July 14 and last for two weeks, closing on Tuesday, July 28 at 5 p.m.  Affidavits of candidacy are available and can be filed at the school district clerk’s ...

NU Battery gun glass blasted and repainted

NEW ULM – Last week, Mike’s Painting & Sandblasting of New Ulm took a shot at artillery restoration and hit the target. The New Ulm Battery’s 1862 three-inch gun was brought into Mike’s painting to be refurbished and after a week, the 164-year-old artillery piece looks as good as new. ...

MYLE opens with sheep competitions

FAIRMONT – The Minnesota Youth Livestock Expo (MYLE), the second largest youth livestock show in Minnesota behind the State Fair, opened Thursday at the Martin County Fairgrounds in Fairmont with sheep competitions. The show, now in its seventh year, started in 2020 when the COVID pandemic ...

Black bears spotted near Sleepy Eye

SLEEPY EYE — Joe Hoffmann got up to make some coffee at about 6:30 a.m. Friday and got a big surprise when he looked out the window. “It was pretty surprising to see a black bear walking through the yard,” said Hoffmann who farms about a mile west of the Sleepy Eye Lake Trail. “The ...

‘All are lovely, all are beautiful’

NEW ULM – Thursday was a great day for garden enthusiasts with the return of the Brown County Master Gardeners’ Gardenfest Tour. Five New Ulm area gardens were open for the public to tour Thursday. Each of the gardens were selected by Brown County Master Gardeners to show off what can be ...